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'I'm sure we'll find things out': NASA astronauts fly to launch site for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner mission to ISS on May 6 (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams expect to face the unexpected in space with Boeing Starliner, but told reporters on April 25 that the team is ready for the unexpected.
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'Rocket cam' takes you aboard final launch of ULA's Delta IV Heavy (video)
By Samantha Mathewson published
After 64 years, the United Launch Alliance launched the final flight of its Delta IV Heavy rocket on April 9th, and stunning rocket cam footage captured the fiery finale.
![Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/46SoWfbWAVsNRsh8u53hsR-320-80.jpg)
International Space Station: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.
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China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 18 mission (video)
By Andrew Jones published
A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center today (April 25), carrying the Shenzhou 18 spacecraft and its three-person crew into orbit.
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Watch 2 cosmonauts conduct spacewalk outside the ISS today
By Mike Wall published
Two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to spend about seven hours working outside the International Space Station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live.
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Watch China launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station today
By Mike Wall published
China plans to launch the three-astronaut Shenzhou 18 mission to its Tiangong space station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live.
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Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary with an iridescent Dumbbell Nebula (image)
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Take a fresh look at the iconic Dumbbell Nebula on occasion of the Hubble Space Telescope's 34 years in space.
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China's Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report
By Elizabeth Howell published
Two spacewalks this winter fixed the power supply of China's Tiangong space station, which was damaged by a space debris strike, state media reported.
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